Perri Adams is a fellow at Dartmouth’s Institute for Security Technology Studies (ISTS) and former Special Assistant to the Director at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where she advised stakeholders at the agency and across the U.S. government on the next generation of AI and cybersecurity technology.

Prior to this role, Ms. Adams was a DARPA Program Manager within the Information Innovation Office (I2O), where, among other programs, she created the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). A frequent speaker on both technical and cyber policy issues, her written work has been published by Lawfare and the Council on Foreign Relations. She has advised and collaborated with think tanks such as the as Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology. She is also an adjunct professor at the Alperovitch Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and served for two years on the organizing committee of the DEF CON CTF, the world’s premier hacking competition.
Ms. Adams holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a proud alumna of the computer security club, RPISEC.